Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1802)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Reptilia: order
Crocodylia: family
Alligatoridae: genus
Alligator: species
Alligator mississippiensis

Name

Synonyms: Alligator lucius Duméril & Bibron, 1836; Crocodilus cuvieri Leach, 1815; Crocodilus lucius Cuvier, 1807; Crocodilus mississipiensis Daudin, 1802; Crocodylus mississippiensis Daudin, 1802
Homonyms: Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1802)
Common names: Aligator americano in Spanish; Alligator in English; American Alligator in English; American alligator in English; American alligator in English; American alligator in language.; Florida alligator in English; Florida alligator in English; Gator in English; Louisiana alligator in English; Louisiana alligator in English; Mississippi alligator in English; Mississippi alligator in English; Mississippi-Alligator in language.; alligator in English; gator in English; American alligator in English

Bibliographic References

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Cuvier, G. (1807) Sur les différentes especes de crocodiles vivans et sur leurs caracteres distinctifs.: Ann. Natl. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 8-86.
Cuvier, G. (1831) The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, ... with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith... and others. Vol. 9.: Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London, 481 pp.
Daudin (1802) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; ouvrage faisant suit à l'Histoire naturell générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigee par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Vol. 2.: F. Dufart, Paris [1802], 432 pp.
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Dowler, B. (1846) Contributions to the natural history of the alligator (Crocodilus mississippiensis) with a microscopic addendum.: New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 1846 (Nov.): 5-30
Duméril, A.M. C. and G. Bibron. (1836) Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.3.: Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp.
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Elsey, Ruth M. (2013) Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator) long term survival of farm-released juvenile.: Herpetological Review 44 (2): 309-310